HyperDic: limenitis_archippus

English > 1 sense of the expression Limenitis archippus:
NOUNanimalLimenitis archippus, viceroyshowy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
English > Limenitis archippus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningshowy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller.
Synonymviceroy
Member ofLimenitis, genus Limenitismainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars
Broadernymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterflyMedium to large butterflies found worldwide / worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

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